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Coconut Grove Arts Festival

45th Annual Coconut Grove Arts Festival

We’re knee-deep in the middle of festival season here in the 305, so that means it’s once again time for the Coconut Grove Arts Festival.

This signature event attracts over 150,000 visitors to view the works of over 330 artists and craftsmen. Also included in the festival is The Global Food Village, The Culinary Pavilion Showcase, two stages of live entertainment, and of course, liquor. Bacardi will be there dehydrating the masses.

Where: The Festival is located just south of downtown Miami, adjacent to Biscayne Bay. It runs along the streets of McFarlane Road, South Bayshore Drive and Pan American Drive.

Getting there:
Parking is extremely limited. It is recommended that you take advantage of the bus shuttle service.

Miami-Dade Transit provides round-trip shuttle service that runs approximately every 15 minutes from the Douglas Road Metrorail Station. The shuttle service stop is located at the corner of Grand Avenue and Mary Street. Shuttles operate during the following hours:

Overtown Rhythm & Soul

Feb 9 & 10 from noon until 7pm

An Exhibition of ’50s and ’60s Nightclub Billboards from Miami’s “Little Broadway”
In honor of Black History Month, The Arsht Center is proud to host the largest-ever showing of classic billboards from The Black Archives’ Clyde Killens/Sam Rabin collection. Relive the vibrant days of Overtown nightlife, when Miami’s historic neighborhood was the place to catch America?s reigning jazz, blues and R&B entertainers. “Overtown Rhythm & Soul” is a stirring tribute to one of the most fruitful eras in the history of American music.